Biography:
Francis ford coppola, born april 7, 1939 is an american film director, producer and screenwriter. widely acclaimed as one of hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors, coppola epitomized a group of filmmakers known as the "new hollywood". emerging in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making, the group included martin scorsese, terrence malick, robert altman, woody allen, william friedkin, philip kaufman and george lucas.